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NYTimes: "7 in Renegade Amish Group Charged With Assaults" You read that right! There's a "Renegade Amish Group"

Posted on 2011/11/24 11:37 am by thepete

You know the world is getting weird when the NY Times reports this: "Federal agents arrested the leader of a renegade Amish group and six others in eastern Ohio on Wednesday and charged them with hate crimes for a series of beard- and hair-cutting assaults against Amish men and women."

Just look at those guys in the NYT article's photo--it's like a Daily Show segment or something!

source: www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/us/7-arrested-in-hair-cutting-...

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"With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want."

Posted on 2011/10/10 14:43 pm by thepete

I posted this over on website666.com but I usually like to post some anti-Columbus Day thing on my main blog, so here it is:

simplyopinions:

“They … brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks’ bells. They willingly traded everything they owned… They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features… They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane… They would make fine servants… With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.”

—

Christopher Columbus,

Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States

(via cultureofresistance)

Happy Columbus Day, everyone!

If you haven’t read “A People’s History of the United States” you’re not smart enough.

I'm not even kidding.  If you haven't read "A People's History" you only know half of history.

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USA.gov: Happy Columbus Day! thepete: Um, "Happy"? Really?

Posted on 2011/10/10 14:26 pm by thepete

USA.gov: Happy Columbus Day! thepete: Um, "Happy"? Really?

falconieri:

usagov:

Every year, on the second Monday of October, the United States celebrates Christopher Columbus’ landing in the Americas. Columbus’ official siting of new land was October 12, 1492.

Columbus, a native of Italy, scoured Europe for royal sponsors of his expedition to find the New World. Finally, in…

@usagov, LIAR

“LIAR” indeed, Falconieri.  Aren’t we all educated enough to understand that it’s kinda lame celebrating the genocidal asshole who didn’t really discover America and only did that because he was looking for India?  Yeah, let’s celebrate a man so greedy and cruel that he would order the hands of locals chopped off if they didn’t bring him gold.

It’s pretty disgusting how we still pat ourselves on the back for “taming” this continent.

If I had a dayjob, I’d go into work today, anyway.  

Oh and if I sound like I’m talking out of my ass, go watch “Even the Rain” on Netflix and see how you feel after.  It’s also available to stream on Amazon.

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"The second some jerkoff hits a computer key, he thinks he’s a journalist..."

Posted on 2011/09/29 14:45 pm by thepete

The second some jerkoff hits a computer key, he thinks he’s a journalist. These clowns put out stuff every day to damage people.

Roger Ailes, Fox News Channel president, on bloggers. (via newsweek)(via newsweek)

HA!  Come on, Roger! Everyone knows journalists don't need TRAINING.  Just look at all those idiots on Fox Ne--OHHHH...

AHEM...

< puts hands in pockets and wanders off, whistling >

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Posted on 2011/09/21 17:29 pm by thepete



dumbthingswhitepplsay:

jesus fucking christ

Yeah, America is so full of shit it’s not funny. We spend trillions on war but refuse to pay for everyone’s health care.  We invade two countries and kill hundreds of thousands to prove how great a country we are.  And now people protesting the execution of a black man convicted of killing ONE cop (possibly unjustly convicted) are having their freedom of speech suppressed by being arrested.

GOOD PLAN, AMERICA!

Oh and don’t forget: 

Troy Davis is Still Alive—let’s keep it that way! Call 404-656-5651

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BBC News - Wikileaks: Swiss bank shuts Julian Assange's account

Posted on 2010/12/07 14:40 pm by thepete

BBC News - Wikileaks: Swiss bank shuts Julian Assange's account

Yes, that’s right, Assange’s SWISS bank account has been closed—there’s buckets of irony there. How many international criminals have used Swiss bank accounts for hiding their money??  And here comes Assange who, apparently, lied on his application regarding a Geneva residence. I’m sure this lie coming to light now has nothing to do with international pressure.

Assange should go to the bank that all the baddies on TV go to.

Meanwhile, George W. Bush’s ATM card is still working fine, I bet—and he admitted to ordering torture!

>_<

Found via thedaytheytriedtokillme.com.

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How Ma Bell Shelved the Future for 60 Years

Posted on 2010/12/07 14:10 pm by thepete

How Ma Bell Shelved the Future for 60 Years

Gizmodo’s Tim Wu blogs about how innovation was stopped in its tracks, effectively, due to capitalist interests.  Funny how we’re all told capitalism is great for innovation. Too bad that’s only true until innovation might damage the current business model.  Take the example of the answering machine that existed in the office of a Bell Labs engineer… in 1934.

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Always and Never ♥: i like how tumblr turns purple for the gay people that committed suicide, but not pink for breast cancer awareness month...

Posted on 2010/10/20 17:20 pm by thepete

Always and Never ♥: i like how tumblr turns purple for the gay people that committed suicide, but not pink for breast cancer awareness month...

imaginasi0n:

zippedit:

emobonesx:

fuckyouchelios:

penishole:

tragicheroes-:

johnlennon-:

maeby-:

sabrinaspelllmen:

oh my god being gay isn’t a choice. having cancer is.

having cancer is.

“having cancer is”

Ignorance at its finest.

at its finest.

HOW THE FUCK IS HAVING A…

who made this stupid fuckin status?

 people with cancer aren’t bullied into committing suicide lame-o

Nah, they just wait around to die because no one cares enough to find a cure.

I mean, SERIOUSLY, how many people die of being bullied because they’re gay?  Now how many people die of cancer? Hm… I’m thinking Tumblr and pals can go pink for a bit if that would really help.

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Posted on 2010/06/28 18:47 pm by thepete



brentbillock:

I love when rational people know their bible references.

via vxsarin

But if we’re rational, what are we doing reading the Bible?

ZING! Thank you and good night!!

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One of my favorite examples for biblical literalism is there is a text that says “You must take all you have and give it to the poor.” I don’t know anyone who says ‘I believe that to be God’s word, and therefore I will close my bank accounts, I will give all of my money away and I will give it to the poor.’

Posted on 2010/06/24 14:39 pm by thepete

One of my favorite examples for biblical literalism is there is a text that says “You must take all you have and give it to the poor.” I don’t know anyone who says ‘I believe that to be God’s word, and therefore I will close my bank accounts, I will give all of my money away and I will give it to the poor.’

Reverend Dr. Joan Brown Campbell (via sixtyforty) (via cocknbull) (via contrararian)

Dontcha love how Christians (and really all religious types) cherry pick stuff from their belief system?  It’s like they’re all Republicans or something. >_O

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